11Wigo app has made a decision to move to new markets. Wigo is an app that allows finding and contacting your college mates, so you can set up a meeting or even go out somewhere. Currently Wigo is experiencing a very serious customer decline. This fact contributed to the idea of launching Wigo Summer service….
09Tinder has announced that former eBay and Microsoft man Hugh Williams has been hired as the new Vice President of Engineering for Tinder development team. William’s last employer was Pivotal Software, where he occupied the position of Senior Vice President in charge of data and application teams. Prior to that, Tinder’s latest signing served at eBay,…
07Messengers keep pleasing us with interesting updates. For example, the other day Jongla app announced the release of functionality update for Firefox and iOS. This is what we are going to tell you about. What’s new in Jongla for Firefox? Now you can get and play voice messages in Jongla . Improved process of exchanging…
05Have you ever had to have a long correspondence in a messaging app in order just to answer some simple and unimportant question? Most probably, this is the problem everyone faces from time to time. However, a new app for iPhone and Apple Watch called Re:quest is here to easily solve this problem. Re:quest eliminates…
03Ever since Wire messaging app first came out its most popular functions were the exchange of YouTube videos and SoundCloud tracks. In order to please supporters, Wire’s management agreed to work with Spotify – one of the world’s leading music services. Links to Spotify songs can be send directly in chats. You can listen to…
02Shift Messenger, a Y Combiner alum, aimed to establish connection between colleagues, working on different shifts, announced closing Round A with $1.5 million in funding from a group of seven investors. The round was led by Verison One Ventures, accompanied by Golden Venture Partners, Venrock, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Kapor Capital, NewGen Venture Partners, and Commerce…
02Venux is an innovative application that was design to give you full control over your data. Within a selected group of people you can chat, exchange files and not worry about someone else getting access to your data. Communication via Venux gives you the opportunity to enjoy freedom and rids your head of concern for personal…
31Benalore-headquartered startup Lookup announced the closing of Round B negotiations which resulted in $3 million funds in startup pocket. The main feature of the round – its leader: Isaac “Biz” Stone, Twitter’s co-founder. The application helps customers to connect with local enterprises: look through catalogs, check availability, place orders, communicate with stuff. Deepak Ravindran told…
30In mid-May Wickr users experienced a few days of low-quality service, but to be honest, it was just for two days-off. The team behind the messenger explained, that the issue was about a new, highly scalable platform they moved to. Too many people all over the world started using Wickr earlier than it was planned,…
29The newly released iOS 8.2 platform has marked a new trend in developing apps that Apple Watch will support. Not only the smart watch shows the time but also receives notifications about incoming SMS, calls, messages in social networks, etc. This is an entirely new stamping ground for IM apps. Nevertheless, not all apps were…